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| Sarcastic, depressed, impulsive protagonist. Narrates with stream of consiousness voice. |
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| Holdens sucessful brother who lives in Hollywood and wrote the story "the secret goldfish" |
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| Holdens late brother who died of leukemia. Kid hearted, Intelligent, poetic, gentle. |
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| Holdens 10 year old sister Phoebe. Great dancer, Smart, creative, easy going |
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| Holdens superficial girlfriend |
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| Holdens old history teacher at pencey. Kind but truthful. |
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| Holdens creepy English teacher from elkton hills |
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| Holdens superficial conceited "secret slob" roommate |
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| Hdens mossy, grubby, unclean dormmate. |
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| Holdens friend from Maine who he likes a lot. At the begginging of he book, she and stradlater go out on a date. |
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| Holdens student advisor from Whooton. He used to be immature ut he has grown up. |
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| Airhead lady who Holden danced with in the lavender room. |
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| Funeral parlor owner who donated holdens dorm wing at pencey. |
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| Phony head of pencey prep. |
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| Parent of pencey student. Holden meets her on the subway. He lies repeatedly, showing his distrust for adults |
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| The owner of ernie's nightclub, and the piano player |
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| Elevator man at edmont hotel. Offers holden sunny the prostitute. Lies about how much she costs and then beats Holden up |
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| Holden met at a breakfast place. He donated 10 dollars to their collection, and was very mature and polite. He used appropriate language and talked to them about romeo and juliet because one was an english teacher, and the other was a history teacher. |
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| Holdens roomate at elkton hills. He had cheap suitcases, and holden had expensive ones. He pretended that holdens suitcases were his to impress people. |
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| Jumped out of window to commit suicide after being tormented by peers at elkton hills. |
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| The bar where Holden meets Carl Luce. Holden becomes extremely drunk. |
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| The hotel where holden stays when he first arrives in NYC. It is where he encounters Sunny and Maurice. |
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| The school Holden failed out of at the start of the book. |
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| One of the many schools holden failed out of. |
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| The location of Holden's mental institute, and where DB is becoming a writer. |
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| Where Holden and Phoebe go after they argued. The carrousel grounds holden and makes him realize that his life is going nowhere. |
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| Holden wants to protect the innocence of children because he lost his when allie died. |
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| Holden is a loner and often does things just because he is terribly lonely or bored. |
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| Holden finds adults to be liars. He doesnt trust them with his information. |
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| Holden hates phoniness, yet he himself is a liar. |
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| The book's title, "Catcher in the Rye" |
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| Holden wants to save kids from falling off of a large cliff in a rye field, therefore protecting their innocence. |
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| Holden only wore the hat around certain people which symbolized that he wanted to be an individual yet wanted to fit in. |
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| Holden hates change, and even though the ducks leave in the winter, they return. It also shows that Holden is still innocent, and is curious about the unknown wonders of the world. |
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| The carrousel's gold ring |
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| Children always try to reach the gold ring, but in the process sometimes fall off of the carrousel symbolizing Holden trying to reach goals and failing. |
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| What makes the book humorous? |
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| Holden is sarcastic, critical and negative. He looks for the bad in people and it is often funny. |
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| Aspects of Holden's personality |
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| Negative, liar, immature, critical, depressed, impulsive, lonely. |
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| Does the reader see the world as it really is, or just from Holden's persepective? |
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| Only as holden see's it. The reader see's holden's critisism of the world. |
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| Is there a message or moral to the book? |
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| How does holden appear to other people? |
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| Holden appears to be immature, negative, and different. Even though he likes to be an individual, he also sometimes is phony and tries to fit in. |
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| No. Although Holden often thinks about himself and his feelings, he also cares about many people. |
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| Does holden have any close relationships? |
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| Yes, holden is close to his siblings. Also even though he says he hates certain people, later in book he admits that he misses them. |
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| What are the stages to holdens nervous breakdown? |
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| Allie's death, holden not bwing able to go to the funeral and not properly grieveing, Holdens academic failure, Holdens innability to relate with others (like sally). |
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| Does holden show any feelings of compassion, pity, or tenderness? To whom? |
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| Yes. Holden pities Ackleys disgusting nature. Holden is compassionate toward phoebe and Allie and wants to protect them. Holden is tender when he has to leave Phoebe. |
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